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David Denman keeps it hush about his mystery character in 'Peacemaker' season two while chatting with THR at the red carpet premiere. Plus, he breaks down how he was approached by James Gunn and says it was daunting having to go back to the gym and workout for the role.

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00:00Congratulations, you are joining this cast in a mystery role.

00:04Yes.

00:05What can you tease about this character, if at all?

00:07Oh, nothing. I can tease absolutely nothing.

00:10I'll just say it's a really fun reveal for fans when you do see who I'm playing.

00:15We've been very tight-lipped about this since the day I got cast,

00:21and we're not going to spoil it now, but it's good.

00:25It's good, I promise you. It's going to be worth the wait.

00:27Is there anything that you can tell us about, did James approach you?

00:31Was it a very grueling process?

00:33I've known James for over 20 years.

00:35We worked together on a movie he produced called Brightburn,

00:38which was sort of the Superman, if Superman were a villain, horror version of that story.

00:44And that's where I met Jen and Steve Agee.

00:48And I worked with Freddie about 10 years ago on a movie called 13 Hours.

00:53So coming onto set was very familiar.

00:55You know, there's a lot of people I already knew, and I was really big fans of the first season.

00:59And, yeah, James called me and asked me, you know, if I would be up for this

01:03and sort of gave me the rundown of what it would entail.

01:07And I realized I was going to have to get back in the gym and work out, and that was a little daunting, but I did it.

01:14And, yeah, you know, I had a great time.

01:20It's tough. It's tough telling everybody about the show without telling anybody about what you do, but it's a really fun reveal.

01:27Well, how much intel did James give you ahead of time about this character and maybe the character's arc?

01:33Versus, like, how much was it a mystery for you as well to a certain degree?

01:37Oh, I mean, he sent me all the scripts, so I knew what I was getting into from the jump, and we did have a conversation about it.

01:47You know, when you're playing a character, you've got to fill in the backstory, all the stuff that's not on the page.

01:52So we would have those conversations, and we would make sure that, you know, I was on the same page.

01:57We got to know what this guy was and what this world was, and, yeah, that was our jumping-off point.

02:04And then we'd get on set, and we'd mix it up. Yeah.

02:08How do you think this season is going to set things up for James' overall vision for the future of the DCU?

02:14Perfectly. I can't give it away. I can't give it any way.

02:18Hey, I'm just saying, it's all a big puzzle piece that he's putting together, and it will all reveal itself as the season goes on,

02:27and then everyone will want to think of a better understanding of what his arc and plan is for this universe.

02:32It's a great thing, though.

02:34Well, I love how much chemistry you guys all have as a cast.

02:37Like, I feel like the energy is so great, especially John, just here in the suit, really just, like, embracing this character.

02:43It takes that thing off. I think he lives in it now.

02:45I mean, if I could wear a suit like that, I'd live in it. Why not?

02:50How would you describe the chemistry joining this cast and having someone like John as a scene partner?

02:56John is, I mean, I say he's better than advertised.

03:00He is such a gentleman, such a pro, such a great scene partner, so giving and willing to be vulnerable and improv and, you know,

03:11and be funny and roll with everything. I mean, I wish all my scene partners were John Cena, honestly.

03:17He's really terrific, and everybody else in the cast that I got to interact with and work with, they were great.

03:26It was a great run. I mean, when, you know, John, James always talks about that, you know,

03:31the third step of writing a script is getting on set and filming it, and we improv lines.

03:35He improvs with us. He yells out ad-libs. You know, he's on a microphone with a speaker,

03:40and so you just, as a company, you've got to be willing to roll with that,

03:43but he also creates a safety net to allow you to fail, because if it doesn't work, we just don't use it, you know?

03:48So if you go for it, you can sometimes find gold, and, you know, I just love that process of working,

03:53and James is, you know, the best at it.

03:56Sure. Finally, I know John said that he would love to see a Peacemaker, a Batman crossover.

04:01What crossover would you love to see?

04:04Oh, I mean, I would love to see, God, I mean, I would love to, I can't wait to see the Green Lantern series.

04:12I think that's going to be incredible, and a completely different style and tone.

04:17It would be fun to see those worlds, you know, collide.

04:21So that might be kind of interesting. I don't know how that would happen, but who knows?

04:25We'll make it happen. With James Gunn's mind, anything can happen.

04:27Anything is possible in the DCU.

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